... legal justification for declining the Soviet proposal are clearly unfounded. The real reasons for the decisions of the Persian Government are to be found, not in the nature of the present international situation nor in the terms of the Soviet concession ...

... accordance with the law which, passed earlier this month, prohibited the granting of any further oil concessions by any Persian Government to any foreign Government or company, but permitted the sale of oil subject to Parliament’s consent. The question now ...

... foreign oil interests in Persia are hostile to the Soviet Union, this is bound to have influence on the attitude of the Persian Government. For my part, I welcome the demonstrations in Teheran which have led to the resignation of the Premier. This is a healthy ...

... only because it shows a lack of economic cooperation between Eussia and her Western Allies. Eightly or wrongly, the Persian Government had decided not to grant any new oil concessions until the war is over, and applications by the British Shell and American ...

... gold from the Bank for the payment of labour.—A.P. SOVIET’S OIL REQUEST PERSIAN PREMIER EXPLAINS Four reasons why the Persian Government refused the Soviet request for an immediate oil concession in Northern Persia were given by Mohammed Saed, the Persian ...

... is being carefully watched in other capitals. The Persian Government’s point is that it does not wish to grant concessions until after the war, and in any case not to Governments. The Persian Government, knowing as it does that the only useful outlet from ...

... representatives of oil companies from two other great Powers have for some months been in Teheran negotiating with the Persian Government. The Persian Council of Ministers has gone closely into the question of petroleum exploitation in north and south Persia ...

... AND PERSIA Teheran, Sunday.—A Soviet mission has arrived here to discuss some aspects of economic relatipns with the Persian Government. It is assumed that the negotiations may also include oil concessions.—The Associated Press. ...

... where, within the limits of order, people could do as they wanted. NO PERSIAN PILGRIMS FOR MECCA Teheran. Monday. The Persian Government, which last January protested the Government of Saudi Arabia against the beheading of a Persian pilgrim, has decided ...

... Teheran. Wednesday.—A Persian pilgrim to Mecca was beheaed with a sword after being sick in a mosque. According to a Persian Government protest the Government of Saudi- Arabia, the Persian, whq was aged 22. had made the pilgrimage with his wife a mosque ...